Chapter Summaries

Ji Shu left Yue Lao’s hidden domain beneath the Full Moon Ancient Well and learned that she had bound one of his Red Strings of Thread of Fate, though he could not sense her in return. He departed with Hu Xiaoliu and Hu Sanniang, reaching a more desolate Little Pond Town filled with signs of mourning.

• Yue Lao asked Ji Shu to stay longer, and he agreed before leaving her divine domain beneath the Ancient Well.
• Hu Xiaoliu and Hu Sanniang told Ji Shu they had searched the well for him during his three-day absence, though they had seen nothing.
• Ji Shu left the Ancient Well with his companions, while rosy mist rose from the well and sped after him.
• Ji Shu explained that he had cultivated ten Red Strings of Thread of Fate and that Yue Lao had bound one to herself, allowing her to sense his location and whether he was alive.
• Hu Xiaoliu and Hu Sanniang followed Ji Shu out of the forest to Little Pond Town, where nearly every household displayed white mourning cloth.

Ji Shu and his companions found the aftermath of the Blood Sucking Old Demon’s followers’ slaughter and confronted Xiaoxiangzi’s group at a mountain crossroads. After Ji Shu swiftly killed the attackers, Hou Renying recognized him and begged for his life.

• Ji Shu heard that the Blood Sucking Old Demon’s disciples had massacred people in Little Pond Town, then hurried on with Hu Xiaoliu and Hu Sanniang.
• The trio passed Xiaoxiangzi’s blood-red warning stone, and Xiaoxiangzi attacked them with his Funeral Rod.
• Ji Shu killed Xiaoxiangzi with a single slap, then burned away his Fierce Ghost with the Divine-Demonic Tai Chi Diagram.
• The remaining followers fled as Ji Shu pursued and killed them, while Hou Renying recognized Ji Shu and marveled at his rapid progress.
• Hou Renying dropped to his knees and begged Great Hero Ji to spare his life.

Ji Shu forced Hou Renying to reveal the whereabouts of nearby Blood Refining Hall members and blood-sucking demons, then killed them and Hou Renying. He absorbed their essence into the Divine-Demonic Tai Chi Diagram and restored its yin-yang balance with Pure Yang Force from the Mystic Fire Mirror.

• Hou Renying identified himself as one of the Qingcheng Four Heroes and told Ji Shu that many people had ascended, while Hong Kingdom Players had nearly attacked the Mount Hua Sect.
• Ji Shu ordered Hou Renying to lead him to the nearby Blood Refining Hall members and the Blood Sucking Old Demon.
• Ji Shu entered a misty valley and quickly killed the seventy or eighty powerful experts there.
• Ji Shu killed Hou Renying after Hou Renying offered to serve him, then absorbed the Blood Spirit Power from his corpse into the yin pole of the Divine-Demonic Tai Chi Diagram.
• Ji Shu used Pure Yang Force from the Mystic Fire Mirror to rebalance the Divine-Demonic Tai Chi Diagram and considered the technique's benefits and risks.

Ji Shu reached Kongsang Mountain and searched for the Ancient Bat Cave, while leaders of the Myriad Poisons Sect discovered their branch had been massacred and began seeking the culprit. The chapter left Ji Shu flying deeper into the cave after passing its fork and brushing aside a dark-red creature.

• Ji Shu left for Kongsang Mountain with Hu Xiaoliu and Hu Sanniang following him.
• Blood Sucking Old Demon, Ancestor Duanmu, and Hundred Poisons found the Myriad Poisons Sect branch's dead disciples and suspected a powerful Demonic Cult swordsman.
• Ji Shu reached Kongsang Mountain, told Hu Xiaoliu and Hu Sanniang to wait outside, and concealed himself as he searched for the Ancient Bat Cave.
• Ji Shu used the Divine-Demonic Tai Chi Diagram and Crimson Demon Eye to see through the cave's darkness, then flew past the bats on the Azure Edge Sword.
• Ji Shu chose the left path at a fork marked “The Heavenly Way is Within Me!” and continued forward through a dark-red creature that attacked from the side.

Ji Shu drained Gongsun Zhi, Lu Qingdu, Zhao Zhijing, and their companions, then destroyed their vengeful spirits with Pure Yang True Fire. When Boss Nian arrived at Dead Spirit Abyss with more than two hundred Blood Refining Hall elites, Ji Shu began draining them as well, forcing the survivors to flee and plead with an unseen Demonic Path senior.

• Lu Qingdu and Gongsun Zhi mistook Ji Shu for righteous-path prey, but Ji Shu drained their blood essence and magical power along with Zhao Zhijing and the others.
• Gongsun Zhi and the others became evil ghosts, then Ji Shu burned them away with Pure Yang True Fire.
• Boss Nian and Lin Feng arrived with more than two hundred Blood Refining Hall elites and found Pure Yang True Fire refining ghosts.
• Ji Shu's unseen hand drained more than a dozen elites, so Boss Nian ordered the Blood Refining Hall to retreat toward the entrance of Dead Spirit Abyss.
• As the group fled, more disciples fell as shriveled corpses, and Boss Nian called out to the Blood Sucking Ancestor, Ancestor Duanmu, and other Demonic Path seniors for mercy.

Ji Shu attacked Blood Refining Hall alone, slaughtering its disciples until Boss Nian and the survivors fled toward Dead Spirit Abyss. Lin Feng died after Ji Shu severed his arm and took the Mountain River Fan, then revealed Ji Shu’s hiding place to Boss Nian and the others.

• Boss Nian begged the unseen attacker to stop and offered Blood Refining Hall’s cooperation and submission, but the killings continued.
• Ji Shu killed Boss Nian’s confidants Yin Kexi, Ma Guangzuo, and Qiu Qianzhang as Lin Feng tried to defend himself with the Mountain River Fan.
• Ji Shu severed Lin Feng’s right arm, took the Mountain River Fan, and killed him with sword shadows.
• After becoming a resentful ghost, Lin Feng spotted Ji Shu in the cave above Dead Spirit Abyss and pointed him out to Boss Nian and the fleeing disciples.
• Boss Nian recognized Ji Shu, who landed with the Mountain River Fan and said he had come because Blood Refining Hall had been looking for him.

Ji Shu defeated Blood Refining Hall’s remaining fighters, then interrogated them to learn their spells, backgrounds, and secrets. After discovering Chen Hai was a Player among Chen Kingdom’s upper ranks who cultivated an incomplete Xuanyuan Divine Sword Scripture, Ji Shu obtained its introductory volume and learned that Chen Kingdom’s royal upper ranks mostly practiced the Shushan Sword Control Heart Scripture.

• Chen Hai urged Boss Nian and the others to fight Ji Shu, but they refused because they saw no chance of winning.
• Lin Feng attacked Ji Shu and was burned to ash by Pure Yang True Fire.
• Ji Shu used his Charm Technique to question Jiang Yun, learned her Immortal Binding Method and techniques, then killed her after discovering she had helped plan his capture.
• Ji Shu interrogated Blood Refining Hall’s disciples, learned the location of its concealed Treasure Vault, and acquired several martial arts, including Quanzhen methods.
• Ji Shu questioned Chen Hai and learned about Chen Kingdom’s royal cultivators and the incomplete Xuanyuan Divine Sword Scripture, whose introductory volume he obtained.

Ji Shu killed Chen Hai, then raided Blood Refining Hall's Treasure Vault and killed Boss Nian despite his surrender. Among the vault's contents, Ji Shu found a palm-sized piece of Withered Wood filled with a dense life aura.

• Ji Shu killed Chen Hai, who realized Ji Shu had used the Charm Technique to obtain his cultivation method and feared for Blue Star World's high-level figures.
• Ji Shu used the Charm Technique on Boss Nian and had him lead the way to Blood Refining Hall's Treasure Vault, where he found no particularly valuable magical treasures.
• Boss Nian offered to serve Ji Shu and gather Blood Refining Hall's scattered disciples, but Ji Shu demanded a way to earn his trust.
• Ji Shu killed Boss Nian with the Divine-Demonic Tai Chi Diagram, which drained Boss Nian's blood essence and magical power.
• Ji Shu found a palm-sized piece of Withered Wood whose dense life aura made him feel comfortable and breathe more easily.

Ji Shu searched the Blood Refining Hall corpses, then descended into Dead Spirit Abyss to cultivate its rich Spiritual Essence. He mastered the Phantom Movement Technique and Immortal Binding Art, advanced the Immortal Binding Method to great mastery, and left the abyss as a promising base for his future cultivation.

• Ji Shu returned to the corpses, found the Phantom Movement Technique among the manuals, and wondered whether he had killed the Qingyun Sect spy Xiao Yicai.
• Ji Shu sensed Spiritual Essence growing stronger deeper in Dead Spirit Abyss and decided the hidden region could serve as his future territory.
• Ji Shu reached the Sea of Ruthlessness, hid in a cave, and perfected the Phantom Movement Technique and Immortal Binding Art.
• Ji Shu's Righteous Qi Sword absorbed the arts' illusion and binding traits, allowing it to form attacking phantoms and coil around enemies.
• Ji Shu used the Immortal Binding Rope to comprehend the Immortal Binding Method and advanced it to great mastery after several days.

Ji Shu perfected the first volume of the Xuanyuan Divine Sword Scripture and began refining the Mountain River Fan, further increasing his strength. In the Ancient Bat Cave, Aunt You and a young woman from the Ghost King Sect found slaughtered bodies and continued onward to investigate.

• Ji Shu comprehended the Xuanyuan Divine Sword Scripture and formed a Sword Pellet after several days of cultivation.
• Ji Shu judged that his increased cultivation and treasures could let him confront a chief master of the Qingyun Sect, then began refining the Mountain River Fan.
• Aunt You examined bloodstains in the Ancient Bat Cave and concluded that the victims’ mana and vital essence had been refined away.
• The young woman in green questioned whether the Blood Sucking Old Demon’s people had killed the Blood Refining Hall members, and Aunt You led the group onward to look for clues.

Bi Yao and Aunt You discovered that an unknown attacker had wiped out the Blood Refining Hall, then discussed whether the elusive martial artist Ji Shu could be recruited by the Ghost King Sect. They continued into the Dead Spirit Abyss to search for the Blood Dripping Cave, leaving the killer’s identity unresolved.

• Aunt You and Bi Yao found Boss Nian and hundreds of Blood Refining Hall members dead, apparently killed and drained by a powerful, swift attacker.
• Bi Yao told Aunt You about Ji Shu’s conflict with the Blood Refining Hall and his remarkable martial arts, and they agreed to search for him and try to recruit him.
• Aunt You and Bi Yao doubted Ji Shu could have defeated the Blood Refining Hall, despite his recent feud with them.
• The group proceeded into the Dead Spirit Abyss and searched along the Sea of Ruthlessness for the hidden Blood Dripping Cave.

Ji Shu rescued Bi Yao from the Black Water Mysterious Snake and fought the beast with powerful magical treasures. Bi Yao and Aunt You followed him into a newly exposed cavern opening as the snake broke free of his restraint.

• The Black Water Mysterious Snake attacked Bi Yao and her group, sending Bi Yao crashing into a cavern beside Ji Shu.
• Bi Yao was struck by the snake's tail again, and Ji Shu used a fan to summon a mountain that wounded the beast before he disappeared.
• Bi Yao spotted Ji Shu fighting the snake and rushed toward him, while Aunt You recognized the Mountain River Fan and Immortal Binding Rope.
• Ji Shu bound the snake's mouth with the Immortal Binding Rope, then leaped with Bi Yao into an opening in the cavern wall.
• Aunt You followed them toward the opening as the Black Water Mysterious Snake broke free and roared.

Ji Shu rescued Bi Yao and You Ji from the Black Water Mysterious Snake and revealed that he was the astonishingly powerful Player Ji Shu they had heard about. After they tried to recruit him into the Ghost King Sect, he located the mechanism to open the Blood Dripping Cave, leaving Bi Yao and You Ji amazed that he had found it first.

• Ji Shu used the Mountain River Fan and Immortal Binding Rope to fend off the Black Water Mysterious Snake, allowing Aunt You to escape into the cave before the entrance collapsed.
• Bi Yao and You Ji questioned Ji Shu about his identity, and he confirmed that he was a Rogue Cultivator whose master was Yue Lingshan.
• Ji Shu revealed that he was Player Ji Shu, shocking Bi Yao and You Ji with how quickly he had become strong enough to face the serpent.
• Bi Yao asked Ji Shu about destroying the Blood Refining Hall, then she and You Ji urged him to join the Ghost King Sect.
• Ji Shu pressed seven stones beneath the pool’s surface, and Bi Yao realized he had found the Blood Dripping Cave.

Ji Shu explored Blood Dripping Cave, claimed the Hehuan Bell after destroying the Ancient Corpse Poison, and found the first volume of the Heavenly Scripture. As he studied it, his insights began to transform his unstable Divine-Demonic Tai Chi Diagram.

• Bi Yao and You Ji followed Ji Shu into Blood Dripping Cave, paid respects to the Netherworld Holy Mother and Heavenly Fiend King statues, and then continued after him.
• Ji Shu passed the stone stele and reached the chamber containing Old Man Black Heart’s remains, then searched the right-hand passage.
• Ji Shu opened an iron box containing the Hehuan Bell and burned away the Ancient Corpse Poison with the Mystic Fire Mirror and Divine-Demonic Tai Chi Diagram.
• Ji Shu entered the left-hand passage and found the first volume of the Heavenly Scripture carved into the walls of an empty chamber.
• Ji Shu studied the Scripture, and his insights caused his cultivation phenomena to merge, revealing flaws in his unstable Divine-Demonic Tai Chi Diagram.

Ji Shu comprehended the Heavenly Scripture and created a powerful method while Bi Yao and You Ji watched in awe. As the two discovered that the Blood Dripping Cave had no escape, they pinned their hopes on Ji Shu waking and breaking through the blocked entrance.

• Ji Shu fused his cultivation methods through the Heavenly Scripture and entered an intense state of enlightenment, while Bi Yao and You Ji memorized the scripture on the chamber wall.
• Bi Yao and You Ji recognized that Ji Shu was creating a method and resolved to recruit him into the Ghost King Sect.
• Ji Shu manifested a formidable Tai Chi Diagram with a blazing yang pole and a blood-moon yin pole, completing his new method as the women waited for him to awaken.
• After two days without food or water, Ji Shu remained unconscious, and Bi Yao and You Ji found that the Blood Dripping Cave had no usable exit.
• Bi Yao and You Ji decided to wait for Ji Shu to awaken, hoping he could break open the blocked entrance and defeat the Black Water Mysterious Snake.

Ji Shu awakened after more than half a month of creating a technique and rescued Bi Yao and You Ji, who had been trapped and starving in the Blood Dripping Cave. He revealed a hidden exit route and opened a secret wall with the Hehuan Bell, leaving Bi Yao wondering whether he had found Old Man Black Heart's treasure map.

• Bi Yao and You Ji failed to clear the rocks blocking the cave entrance and waited for Ji Shu to wake, growing weak from hunger.
• Ji Shu awoke, caught Bi Yao and You Ji when a blast threw them across the chamber, and confirmed that he had gone without food or water.
• Ji Shu carried them to Old Man Black Heart's skeleton and moved it aside with a breath, revealing engraved instructions on the wall.
• Ji Shu pressed the Hehuan Bell against a character in the inscription and opened a hidden layer of the stone wall, revealing the Enchantment of Infatuation.
• Bi Yao recognized the Hehuan Bell and the Enchantment of Infatuation, then asked Ji Shu whether he had obtained Old Man Black Heart's treasure map; Ji Shu denied it.

Ji Shu rescued Bi Yao and You Ji from Blood Dripping Cave, and the two suspected he had inherited Old Man Black Heart’s legacy. After they escaped and reunited with Wanrenwang, the Ghost King Sect’s sect master invited Ji Shu to join.

• Bi Yao and You Ji questioned Ji Shu about his knowledge of Blood Dripping Cave, but he avoided explaining himself and carried them toward the exit.
• Ji Shu retrieved the Mountain Splitting Axe, opened the tunnel mechanism, and brought Bi Yao and You Ji out of Blood Dripping Cave before its entrance was sealed by a boulder.
• After Ji Shu fed the starving women roasted meat, Bi Yao urged him to join the Ghost King Sect, and You Ji said she had sent a signal for help.
• Wanrenwang arrived with Ghost King Sect members and reunited with Bi Yao and You Ji, who had reconciled after their ordeal.
• After You Ji described Ji Shu’s talent and opportunity, Wanrenwang welcomed him and offered to satisfy his needs if he joined the Ghost King Sect.

Ji Shu joined the Ghost King Sect on the condition that Wanrenwang teach him Heavenly Scripture Volume 2, then traveled to Fox Ridge Mountain and began studying the sect’s classics and secret arts. After Ji Shu rapidly mastered several advanced techniques, Wanrenwang was left stunned by his talent, while Qiu Qianren and Ding Chunqiu plotted to kill him.

• Wanrenwang agreed to Ji Shu’s condition and welcomed him into the Ghost King Sect at Fox Ridge Mountain, where Ji Shu met the sect’s elites.
• After Wanrenwang left the hall, Qiu Qianren asked Ding Chunqiu to help kill Ji Shu, and Ding Chunqiu agreed.
• Wanrenwang offered Ji Shu access to the sect’s books and promised Heavenly Scripture Volume 2 if he could quickly comprehend the classics and secret arts.
• Ji Shu read the Blood Spirit Technique once and mastered it after practicing its hand seals nine times, leaving Wanrenwang shocked.
• Ji Shu then perfected the Heavenly Demon Dance and Wuchang Order, while Wanrenwang realized Ji Shu’s talent surpassed anything he had seen.

Wanrenwang witnessed Ji Shu rapidly perfecting the Ghost King Sect’s secret arts and imparted the second volume of the Heavenly Scripture to him. Li Mochou brought Ji Shu to his room, where his cultivation immediately astonished her.

• Wanrenwang watched Ji Shu cultivate multiple Ghost King Sect secret arts to perfection and worried that Ji Shu could become too powerful to control.
• Wanrenwang decided to keep Ji Shu from clashing with the Players and Transdimensional Visitors, then taught him the second volume of the Heavenly Scripture.
• Wanrenwang left Ji Shu and arranged for someone to take him to his room.
• Li Mochou brought Ji Shu to his bedroom and warned him not to bother her if he became the Ghost King Sect Master's son-in-law.
• Ji Shu ignored Li Mochou and began cultivating, drawing Spiritual Essence into a Cloud Bed that shocked her.

Ji Shu ended seven days of cultivation when Qiu Qianren, Ding Chunqiu, Helian Tieshu, and their allies ambushed him, and he killed several attackers with his techniques. The Black Tortoise Holy Envoy confronted him, while Wanrenwang arrived as Ji Shu moved toward Xuanwu.

• Li Mochou watched Ji Shu cultivate, felt humbled by his talent, and left determined to work harder.
• Ji Shu spent seven days comprehending Heavenly Scripture Volume 2 at Fox Ridge Mountain, growing stronger as he absorbed the abundant Spiritual Essence.
• Qiu Qianren, Ding Chunqiu, Helian Tieshu, and their allies attacked Ji Shu, but his defenses repelled them; he killed Qiu Qianren and Helian Tieshu and cut down the fleeing attackers with three swords.
• The Black Tortoise Holy Envoy struck at Ji Shu, but Ji Shu countered with the Heartless Curse and knocked him into nearby disciples.
• Ji Shu attacked Ding Chunqiu again; Ding fled, but Wanrenwang killed him with the perfected Heartless Curse when he begged for help.
• Wanrenwang recognized Ji Shu’s technique and rushed forward, shouting for him to stop as Ji Shu approached Xuanwu.